I’m in the middle of the Last of the First, and realized something. Why does nobody in Cyador eat lunch? Does anybody in Recluse at any time eat lunch (I was thinking back through the books and nothing jumped out, but obviously I haven’t looked into this in detail)? At first I thought maybe this was something particular to your writing, but them I remembered in the Grand Illusion series there was a lot of lunch (including the much maligned Burgher’s delight, if my memory serves).

Your memory is accurate. Lunch effectively doesn’t exist in most of the countries in the world of Recluce. The culture tends to be large breakfasts and dinners, with bread and lager/ale for pick-me-ups in between.